@vx/tooltip
The @vx/tooltip
package provides utilities for making it easy to add Tooltip
s to a visualization
and includes hooks, higher-order component (HOC) enhancers, and Tooltip components.
Installation
npm install --save @vx/tooltip
Hooks and Enhancers
This package provides two ways to add tooltip state logic to your chart components:
- a hook:
useTooltip()
- a higher order component (HOC):
withTooltip()
The useTooltip
hook is the recommended way to add tooltip state logic to your components, but can
only be used in functional components. The withTooltip
HOC can be used with both functional and
class components, and is the recommended way to add tooltip state logic to class components.
Both useTooltip
and withTooltip
expose the same values and functions for use in your component:
Name | Type | Description |
---|
showTooltip | func | Call this function with the signature func({ tooltipData, tooltipLeft, tooltipTop }) to set the tooltip state to the specified values. |
hideTooltip | func | Call this function to close a tooltip, i.e., set the showTooltip state to false . |
tooltipOpen | bool | Whether the tooltip state is open or closed |
tooltipLeft | number | The tooltipLeft position passed to the showTooltip func, intended to be used for tooltip positioning |
tooltipTop | number | The tooltipTop position passed to the showTooltip func, intended to be used for tooltip positioning |
tooltipData | any | The tooltipData value passed to the showTooltip func, intended to be used for any data that your tooltip might need to render |
updateTooltip | func | Call this function with the signature func({ tooltipOpen, tooltipLeft, tooltipTop, tooltipData }) to set the tooltip state to the specified values. |
In the case of useTooltip
, these will be returned from the useTooltip()
call in your component.
In the case of withTooltip
, they will be passed as props to your wrapped component. Refer to the
Examples section for a basic demo of each approach.
useTooltip()
If you would like to add tooltip state logic to a functional component, you may use the
useTooltip()
hook which will return an object with several properties that you can use to manage
the tooltip state of your component. For correct tooltip positioning, it is important to wrap your
component in an element (e.g., div
) with relative
positioning. This is handled for you by the
withTooltip
HOC, but not with the useTooltip()
hook.
withTooltip(BaseComponent [, containerProps [, renderContainer]])
If you would like to add tooltip state logic to a class component, you may wrap it in
withTooltip(BaseComponent [, containerProps [, renderContainer])
.
The HOC will wrap your component in a div
with relative
positioning by default and handle state
for tooltip positioning, visibility, and content by injecting the following props into your
BaseComponent
:
You may override the container by specifying containerProps
as the second argument to
withTooltip
, or by specifying renderContainer
as the third argument to withTooltip
.
Components
Tooltip components render tooltip state and can be used in conjunction with useTooltip
and
withTooltip
above.
Tooltip
This is a simple Tooltip container component meant to be used to actually render a Tooltip. It
accepts the following props, and will spread any additional props on the tooltip container div
(i.e., ...restProps):
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|
left | number or string | -- | Sets style.left of the tooltip container |
top | number or string | -- | Sets style.top of the tooltip container |
className | string | -- | Adds a class (in addition to vx-tooltip-portal ) to the tooltip container |
style | object | -- | Sets / overrides any styles on the tooltip container (including top and left) |
children | node | -- | Sets the children of the tooltip, i.e., the actual content |
unstyled | bool | true | Whether the tooltip should use styles from the style prop or not |
TooltipWithBounds
This tooltip component is exactly the same as Tooltip
above, but it is aware of its boundaries
meaning that it will flip left/right and bottom/top based on whether it would overflow its parent's
boundaries. It accepts the following props, and will spread any additional props on the Tooltip
component (i.e., ...restProps):
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|
left | number | -- | The horizontal position of the cursor, tooltip will be place to the left or right of this coordinate depending on the width of the tooltip and the size of the parent container. |
top | number | -- | The vertical position of the cursor, tooltip will be place to the bottom or top of this coordinate depending on the height of the tooltip and the size of the parent container. |
offsetLeft | number | 10 | Horizontal offset of the tooltip from the passed left value, functions as a horizontal padding. |
offsetRight | number | 10 | Vertical offset of the tooltip from the passed top value, functions as a vertical padding. |
style | object | -- | Sets / overrides any styles on the tooltip container (including top and left) |
children | node | -- | Sets the children of the tooltip, i.e., the actual content |
unstyled | bool | true | Whether the tooltip should use styles from the style prop or not |
Note that this component is positioned using a transform
, so overriding left
and top
via
styles may have no effect.
useTooltipInPortal
⚠️ ResizeObserver
dependency
This hook relies on ResizeObserver
s. If you need a polyfill, you can either polute the window
object or inject it cleanly using the polyfill
config option below.
useTooltipInPortal
is a hook which gives you a TooltipInPortal
component for rendering Tooltip
or TooltipWithBounds
in a Portal
, outside of your component DOM tree which can be useful in many
circumstances (see below for more on Portal
s).
API
type Options = {
detectBounds?: boolean;
debounce?: number | { scroll: number; resize: number }
scroll?: boolean
polyfill?: { new (cb: ResizeObserverCallback): ResizeObserver }
}
useTooltipInPortal(
options: Options = { debounce: 0, scroll: true, detectBounds: true }
): {
containerRef: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLElement | SVGElement>;
containterBounds: RectReadOnly;
TooltipInPortal ({ top: containerTop, left: containerLeft, ...tooltipProps }: TooltipProps) => ReactNode;
interface RectReadOnly {
readonly x: number
readonly y: number
readonly width: number
readonly height: number
readonly top: number
readonly right: number
readonly bottom: number
readonly left: number
}
Portal
Portal
is a component which simply renders its children inside a div
element appended to
document.body
created by ReactDOM
. A Portal
can be an effective strategy for solving the
(z-index
stacking context
problem)[rg/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Positioning/Understanding_z_index/The_stacking_context] for
Tooltip
s.
For example, if your chart is rendered inside a stacking context with a lower z-index
than a
surrounding container, it may get clipped by that container even if you specify a higher z-index
.
This is solvable with a Portal
because the separate container will not be subject to the stacking
context of your chart.
To use a Portal
, simply pass your Tooltip
as a child: <Portal><Tooltip {...} /></Portal>
. You
will also need to correct the left
and top
positions to be in page coordinates, not the
coordinates of your container which you would use when not using a Portal
. If reacting to a
mouse event, you can use event.pageX/Y
. Alternatively, if you have container coordinates, you can
convert them to page coordinates using the following (note: useTooltipInPortal
does handles this
for you):
const pageX = containerX + containerBoundingBox.left + window.scrollLeft;
const pageY = containerY + containerBoundingBox.top + window.scrollTop;
Examples
useTooltip and useTooltipInPortal For Functional Components
import { useTooltip, useTooltipInPortal, TooltipWithBounds } from '@vx/tooltip';
import { localPoint } from '@vx/event';
const ChartWithTooltip = () => {
const {
tooltipData,
tooltipLeft,
tooltipTop,
tooltipOpen,
showTooltip,
hideTooltip,
} = useTooltip();
const { containerRef, TooltipInPortal } = useTooltipInPortal({
detectBounds: true,
scroll: true,
})
const handleMouseOver = (event, datum) => {
const coords = localPoint(event.target.ownerSVGElement, event);
showTooltip({
tooltipLeft: coords.x,
tooltipTop: coords.y,
tooltipData: datum
});
};
return (
<>
<svg ref={containerRef} width={...} height={...}>
// Chart here...
<SomeChartElement
onMouseOver={this.handleMouseOver}
onMouseOut={hideTooltip}
/>
</svg>
{tooltipOpen && (
<TooltipInPortal
// set this to random so it correctly updates with parent bounds
key={Math.random()}
top={tooltipTop}
left={tooltipLeft}
>
Data value <strong>{tooltipData}</strong>
</TooltipInPortal>
)}
</>
)
};
render(<ChartWithTooltip />, document.getElementById("root"));
withTooltip For Class Components
import { withTooltip, TooltipWithBounds } from '@vx/tooltip';
import { localPoint } from '@vx/event';
class Chart extends React.Component {
handleMouseOver = (event, datum) => {
const coords = localPoint(event.target.ownerSVGElement, event);
this.props.showTooltip({
tooltipLeft: coords.x,
tooltipTop: coords.y,
tooltipData: datum
});
};
render() {
const {
tooltipData,
tooltipLeft,
tooltipTop,
tooltipOpen,
hideTooltip
} = this.props;
return (
<React.Fragment>
<svg width={...} height={...}>
// Chart here...
<SomeChartElement onMouseOver={this.handleMouseOver} onMouseOut={hideTooltip} />
</svg>
{tooltipOpen && (
<TooltipWithBounds
// set this to random so it correctly updates with parent bounds
key={Math.random()}
top={tooltipTop}
left={tooltipLeft}
>
Data value <strong>{tooltipData}</strong>
</TooltipWithBounds>
)}
</React.Fragment>
);
}
}
const ChartWithTooltip = withTooltip(Chart);
render(<ChartWithTooltip />, document.getElementById("root"));
Example codesandbox here.